Francis of assisi a new biography summary

  • This book presented a very unique perspective on the interior sufferings of St. Francis, his struggles, and his purification.
  • A new examination of the saint's life reveals his devotion to poverty might not have been his principal spiritual concern, while also exploring his upbringing.
  • Among the most beloved saints in the Catholic tradition, Francis of Assisi (c.

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    Francis of Assisi – a new biography

    OK – I have 2 confessions to make:

    1.)  It’s been a really long time since I’ve posted either a blog or a book review.  No excuses…just a promise to TRY to be more regular with contributions 🙂  I wanted to get this review posted for St. Francis’ Feast Day on Oct. 4th…Can anyone tell me where the month of October went?  How is it almost November?  I think I am stuck in a time warp.

    2.) In this post, I am reviewing a new biography about St. Francis of Assisi written by a Dominican…and I began reading it wholly based upon the fact that I really like the picture on the front cover.

    And I am so glad I did.

    Fr. Augustine presents a portrait of St. Francis as unique as the icon on the cover…and as realistic too.  Regarding the cover, the artist who painted this image actually met St. Francis.  And so, very likely, this is what he looked like.  And I think it can be said that the portrait tha

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    The ‘Real’ Francis of Assisi Includes the Stuff of Legend

    Late in the fourth century, a group of seven monks from a Jerusalem kloster went on a sightseeing trip to Egypt. But this was no ordinary vacation.

    Traversing mountainous crags and rocky hillsides, they visited hermits, ascetics, and monastic groups. They went with the hope of seeing miraculous and abnormal occurrences, and they found even more than they were looking for. Along the way, they also evaded more than a few robbers, had some sketchy meals, and faced crocodile attacks, reminding us that road-tripping has always been an extreme sport. We know about their trip because one of them (whose name we do not know) wrote a book in Greek about the voyage after returning home. Then their abbot, one Rufinus of Aquileia, diligently translated this book into Latin, and it became a bestseller.

    The hermits documented in this travelogue range from strange to stranger to really out there. They loved God deeply—no one doubts th

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    Francis of Assisi: A New Biography

    July 21, 2013
    Perhaps the best way to begin a discussion of Francis of Assisi: A New Biography by Augustine Thompson, O.P. — a rich, austere and complex portrait of one of the most famous and admired saints in Catholicism — is to look at the greeting that Francis used:

    May the Lord give you peace.

    Francis said he learned this greeting from God, and Thompson writes:

    This phrase was not a command or a didactic instruction; it was a prayer. Its use placed Francis within a medieval “peace movement” going back to the period of the Gregorian Reforms in the eleventh century, but its use as a greeting was revolutionary in its novelty…

    Francis’s greeting did not use the imperative as a priest’s blessing would have; rather, setting aside any priestly authority, he prayed that God grant the hearer peace. Something about the greeting was so disturbing and novel that when Francis was traveling with one of his early brothers…, people reacted with confusion o
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